Quotes About Realism

Be Practical." That's probably the most stupid piece of advice I've ever received in my life.

Pragmatism is good prevention for problems.

People who are humble about their own nature are moral realists. Moral realists are aware that we are all built from "crooked timber"— from Immanuel Kant's famous line, "Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made.

But these abnormal emotions feel just as valid and realistic as the genuine feelings created by undistorted thoughts, so you automatically attribute truth to them. This is why depression is such a powerful form of mental black magic.

Zodra mensen zich niet langer iets aantrekken van wat voor politiek realistisch doorgaat, opent zich een heel nieuwe wereld vol mogelijkheden" - interview De Groene Amsterdammer 7/8/2014

strategy is the art of the possible

Online pornography allows individuals to explore creative sexual possibilities they never knew existed but also creates entirely unrealistic expectations for real life sexual interactions.

Develop a tremendous faith in God and that will give you a humble yet soundly realistic faith in yourself.

I wanted to show that Martin Luther King was simply a human being, not a god, not a saint.

I'm not afraid to have a character say, 'I am a Christian,' or, 'I believe in God,' because I think they represent real people on this Earth.

God save me from idealists.

When something looks too good to be true, it usually is.

This may sound trite, but bad things happen to good people, and when you're facing terrorism, natural disaster, you can have every wonderful plan in place, but I am a realist.

In a novel, if you're any good, you don't just have good people or bad people. You have complicated people. You have real people.

It is not good news, but we have to face reality.

The telling of a good story, especially one that is real and true, is always exciting.

I went to the actual SVU precinct... and got a really good sense of what it was like.

There are all kinds of ways that people present their films, but that's kind of a good feeling, if you can make it seem like the characters are really there.

It's important to not be naive about this world and know that it's not necessarily a good place to be.

Don't get me wrong, hard and soft fantasy stories can both be good. But you need to know which camp you're in. I'm into realism. I'm a hard fantasy guy.

Good acting should be invisible. You shouldn't be aware of the acting. It should feel real.

Morning can always be counted on to bring us back to a more realistic level.

Foreign policy should not be justified through making oneself feel good, but through results that have tangible consequences.

Please do not assume that you can change governments. Young people don't understand this.